{
  "id": 9263473,
  "title": "S. Korea wraps up soft tennis competition with 2 bronzes at Asian Games",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/s-korea-wraps-up-soft-tennis-competition-with-2-bronzes-at-asian-games-9263473",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-23T04:12:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20260923/s-korea-wraps-up-soft-tennis-competition-with-2-bronzes-at-asian-games"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "NAGOYA — South Korea's soft tennis team concluded its medal pursuit at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with three bronze medals, despite not securing any in the singles events on Wednesday. During the men's singles quarterfinals at the Nagoya City Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya, Lee Ha-neul fell 4-2 to Che Po-yi of Chinese Taipei. Lee fought back to a 2-2 tie in the first four games but lost two consecutive games, preventing him from reaching the semifinals. Unlike the singles matches, which are best-of-seven, soft tennis singles are played until one player wins four games. In the women's singles quarterfinals, Lee Su-jin lost 4-2 to Rena Temma of Japan, while Hwang Jeong-mi also lost 4-2 to North Korea's Ri Jin-mi. Lee Su-jin lost three straight games to the Japanese player and secured two games but couldn't mount a comeback. In an all-Korean encounter, Hwang leveled the score at 2-2 after losing the first two games, but Ri won the next two games to secure her semifinal spot and North Korea's bronze medal.",
  "summary": "NAGOYA — South Korea's soft tennis team wrapped up its medal competition at the ongoing Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with three bronze medals after failing to earn a medal in the singles events Wednesday. In the men's singles quarterfinals at Nagoya City Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya, central Japan, Lee Ha-neul lost 4-2 to Che Po-yi of Chinese Taipei. Lee battled to a 2-2 tie through the…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "S. Korea wraps up soft tennis competition with 2 bronzes at Asian Games",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/s-korea-wraps-up-soft-tennis-competition-with-2-bronzes-at-asian-games",
        "published": "2026-09-23T03:52:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}